Movie Database

Movies by Director - Roman Polanski (34 [Missing: 10])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
RowerNA1955 Short Not Available
Murder [Morderstwo]The camera shows us a door handle and the door's striker plate; from this angle, they form a cross. The door opens and in steps someone in a dark trench coat. He approaches a bed in the room, where a shirtless man sleeps. The intrude1957Roman PolanskiCrime,Short5.4 (1.3K votes)220220315
Murder [Morderstwo]NA1957 Not Available
Break Up the Dance [Rozbijemy zabawe]Youths get ready for a party, decorating the dance floor, cleaning out the fountain of a pond. That evening, the party starts and guests arrive: everyone has a ticket, and a guy at the gate, wearing a formal shirt, tails, and shorts,1957Roman PolanskiDrama,Short5.5 (1.1K votes)820220315
Break Up the Dance [Rozbijemy zabawe]NA1957 Not Available
Teeth SmileNA1957 Drama,Short Not Available
Two Men and a WardrobeNA1958 Comedy,Drama,Short Not Available
When Angels Fall [Gdy spadaja anioly]A church bell chimes. An old woman stops to feed pidgins on her way to work in the men's lavatory in the basement of a public building. She sits all day by the lavatory door as little dramas play out -- of illness, assignation, and r1959Roman PolanskiDrama,Fantasy,Short6.9 (1.3K votes)2120211228
When Angels Fall [Gdy spadaja anioly]NA1959 Not Available
Lamp, The [Lampa]In waning winter light, a doll maker works in his shop, a kerosene lamp beside him, a jumble of dolls and doll parts, whole and broken, surrounding him. There are noises, too: a cuckoo clock chirps the workday's end. The artisan comp1988Roman PolanskiDrama,Mystery,Short6.5 (1.4K votes)820211228
Fat and the Lean, The [Le gros et le maigre]A small and thin barefoot slave (played by Polanski) plays a flute and beats a drum to entertain his large master who rocks in a rocking chair in front of his mansion. The slave jumps and leaps like a madman, wipes his master's brow,1961Roman PolanskiComedy,Music,Short6.3 (1.3K votes)1520211228
Fat and the Lean, The [Le gros et le maigre]NA1961 Not Available
Knife In The WaterA couple pick up a hitchhiker on the way to their yacht. The husband invites the young man to come along for their day's sailing. As the voyage progresses, the antagonism between the two men grows. A violent confrontation is inevitab1962Roman PolanskiDrama,Thriller7.5 (21.5K votes)9420211228
Mammals [Ssaki]"Waiting for Godot" on ice and snow, without words. Against a barren winter landscape, a figure approaches: it's a man, pulling a small sleigh on which another man sits, plucking a dead bird. They stop to trade places; the one now on1962Roman PolanskiComedy,Short5.6 (1.2K votes)1020220315
Mammals [Ssaki]NA1962 Not Available
RepulsionA sex-repulsed woman who disapproves of her sister's boyfriend sinks into depression and has horrific visions of rape and violence.1965Roman PolanskiDrama,Horror,Thriller7.6 (52.5K votes)10520220414
Cul-de-sacIn search of help, two wounded gangsters on the run find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.1966Roman PolanskiComedy,Drama,Thriller7.1 (12.7K votes)11220211228
Fearless Vampire Killers, TheA noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.1967Roman PolanskiComedy,Horror7.2 (31.2K votes)9120211228
Rosemary's BabyA young couple trying for a baby move into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, but find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.1968Roman PolanskiDrama,Horror8.0 (207.9K votes)13720211228
MacbethA ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.1971Roman PolanskiDrama,History7.4 (13.6K votes)14020211228
WhatDuring her Italian vacation, a young and beautiful American tourist finds herself as a guest in a coastal villa inhabited by a bunch of odd people.1972Roman PolanskiComedy5.6 (3.8K votes)11220211228
ChinatownA private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.1974Roman PolanskiDrama,Mystery,Thriller8.2 (315K votes)13020211228
Tenant, TheA bureaucrat rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.1976Roman PolanskiDrama,Thriller7.6 (42.8K votes)12620211228
TessA strong-willed young peasant girl attracts the affection of two men.1979Roman PolanskiDrama,Romance7.3 (16.3K votes)18620211228
PiratesThe adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.1986Roman PolanskiAction,Adventure,Comedy6.1 (8.5K votes)12120211228
FranticIn a hotel room in Paris, a doctor comes out of the shower and finds that his wife has disappeared. He soon finds himself caught up in a world of intrigue, espionage, gangsters, drugs and murder.1988Roman PolanskiCrime,Drama,Mystery6.9 (52.3K votes)12020211228
Bitter MoonAfter hearing stories of her, a passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.1992Roman PolanskiDrama,Romance,Thriller7.2 (37.9K votes)13920211228
Death and the MaidenA political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.1994Roman PolanskiDrama,Mystery,Thriller7.3 (24.3K votes)10320211228
Ninth Gate, TheA rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones.1999Roman PolanskiMystery,Thriller6.7 (176.5K votes)13320211228
Pianist, TheA Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.2002Roman PolanskiBiography,Drama,Music8.5 (790.4K votes)15020211228
Oliver TwistAn adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.2005Roman PolanskiCrime,Drama6.8 (32.4K votes)13020211228
Ghost Writer, TheA ghost writer, hired to complete the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.2010Roman PolanskiCrime,Drama,Mystery7.2 (161.3K votes)12820211228
Roman Polanski's Vanity Fair CommercialNA1993 Short Not Available
Palace, TheA drama set on New Year's Eve 1999 in a luxurious Swiss hotel where the lives of hotel workers and various guests get intertwined.2023Roman PolanskiComedy,Drama5.3 (941 votes)10020240116
CarnageTwo pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.2011Roman PolanskiComedy,Drama7.2 (124.9K votes)8020211228
Therapy, AA therapist becomes obsessed with his patient's Prada coat.2012Roman PolanskiComedy,Drama,Short6.1 (1.1K votes)420220315
Therapy, ANA2012 Not Available
Officer and a Spy, An [J'accuse]In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's island.2019Roman PolanskiDrama,History,Thriller7.2 (16.7K votes)13220211228
Venus in Fur [La Venus a la Fourrure]An actress attempts to convince a director how she's perfect for a role in his upcoming production.2013Roman PolanskiDrama7.2 (19.1K votes)9620211228
Based on a True Story [D'après une histoire vraie]A writer goes through a tough period after the release of her latest book, as she gets involved with an obsessive admirer.2017Roman PolanskiDrama,Mystery,Thriller5.7 (6.4K votes)10020211228